Dear All,

Please see below for a Call for Papers for the First Transdisciplinary Workplace Resarch (TWR) conference, to be held in Tampere from 19-21 September 2018: http://www.tut.fi/en/twr2018/welcome-to-twr-2018-tampere/index.htm

(Deadline for abstract submission is 31st October 2017)

It would be great for Space Syntax related research to be presented there. I am on the board of the TWR, so happy to answer any questions you may have.

Best,

Kerstin

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Call for Papers: The First Transdisciplinary Workplace Research Conference, 19th -21st September, 2018 in Tampere, Finland

The transdisciplinary workplace research (TWR) network encourages both academic and professional researchers to submit their papers or abstracts and join us in Tampere for TWR 2018.

This conference aims to bring together work environment researchers from all relevant disciplines, both from academia and practice. This includes, but is not limited to, physical work environment  (e.g. facilities management, real estate, architecture and design, building physics (HVCSE),bio-technology ), social work environment (e.g. HRM, behavioural sciences, organisational science, business, health, environmental psychology), digital work environment (e.g. ICT, virtual reality), and work environment management (management, economics, FM, CREM). Presented research can focus on an individual,  organisational or urban scale.

Papers can address the social, physical and/or digital work environment and/or work environment management. A list of possible topics includes, but is not limited to:

Social issues, like:
Safety, health, wellbeing and productivity
Workplace culture and leadership
Work patterns and activities
Interaction and/or concentration
The future of knowledge work
Privacy
Activity Based/New Ways of Working

Physical issues, like:
Ergonomics
Distributed workplaces
Co-working spaces
Office space quality
Flexibility
Collaborative spaces

Technology issues, like:
Telecommuting
Virtual offices
Smart building technology
Workplace sensoring
Mobile working

Management issues, like:
Workplace Key Performance indicators
Managing workplace support processes
Sustainable workplace
Effectiveness and efficiency
Strategic workplace management
The sharing economy
Workplace and employer branding

Key dates:

Abstract submission deadline: October 31st, 2017 (submission of abstracts is open now)
Decision on acceptance: November 15th,2017
Full paper deadline: February 28th, 2018
Paper reviews to authors: March 31st, 2018
Revised paper deadline: June 30th, 2018
Conference 19th -21nd, September, 2018

More information:

Website: www.tut.fi/en/twr2018

Contacts:
Suvi Nenonen: [log in to unmask] , organisational issues
Alpo Salmisto: [log in to unmask] , organisational issues, review issues
Rianne Appel-Meulenbroek: [log in to unmask] ,TWR-network

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Dr Kerstin Sailer
Reader in Social and Spatial Networks

Space Syntax Laboratory
The Bartlett School of Architecture
University College London (UCL)
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London  WC1H 0QB  UK

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